BOXSCORE: 1953 Washington Nationals At 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/2/1953
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
G.Bell CF 4 1 1 1 .271 M.Irvin RF 4 0 0 0 .355
A.Pafko LF 4 0 1 0 .287 A.Dark SS 4 1 1 0 .298
R.Campanella C 3 0 1 0 .270 M.Vernon 1B 4 1 1 1 .308
R.Boone 3B 3 0 0 0 .278 B.Thomson CF 3 0 0 1 .287
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .291 D.Ennis LF 4 0 1 0 .261
F.Baumholtz RF 1 0 0 0 .390 R.Jackson 3B 3 1 2 1 .265
B.Martin 2B 4 0 1 0 .225 R.Schoendienst 2B 2 0 1 0 .283
R.Sievers 1B 4 0 0 0 .228 R.Murray C 3 0 0 0 .250
B.Porterfield P 3 0 0 0 .197 E.Wynn P 3 0 0 0 .281
E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 30 3 6 3
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2
Pirates......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 6 0
Nationals (59-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Porterfiel LOSS(14-8) 8 6 3 1 1 2 1 109 2.72 A1
Totals 8 6 3 1 1 2 1
Pirates (73-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
E.Wynn WIN(12-7) 8 5 1 1 4 5 1 116 4.26 A1 D5
E.Kinder SAVE(24th) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 2.41 D6
Totals 9 5 1 1 5 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 22,380 DATE- Monday, August 2nd 1953 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:21
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Pirates: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Pirates: 2
ERRORS- H.Kuenn, B.Martin
DOUBLES- A.Dark(21st)
TRIPLES- A.Pafko(5th), M.Vernon(12th)
HOME RUNS- G.Bell(10th), R.Jackson(12th)
RBIs- G.Bell(35th), M.Vernon(67th), B.Thomson(87th), R.Jackson(40th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Thomson
WALKS- R.Campanella, R.Boone, F.Baumholtz-3, R.Schoendienst
STRIKE OUTS- G.Bell-2, R.Campanella, H.Kuenn, R.Sievers, B.Porterfield,
B.Thomson, R.Murray
GIDP- B.Martin-2
2-out RBI- G.Bell
RLISP 2-out- R.Boone, B.Thomson, B.Martin
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 4 Pirates: 0 for 3
At Forbes Field, the Pittsburgh faithful were treated to an intriguing
pitcher's duel. Early Wynn(12-7) finally bested his Washington counterpart,
Bob Porterfield(14-8), by the score of 3 to 1.
Pittsburgh won the game with a rally in the bottom of the 8th inning with 2
runs. After an out was recorded, Al Dark was the sparkplug when he reached
on an error. Mickey Vernon next to the plate and he tripled knocking in a
run. Bobby Thomson then hit a sacrifice fly scoring the final run of the
inning. Pittsburgh had only 6 hits for the game.
Wynn got help from Ellis Kinder who earned his 24th save. Porterfield was the
loser. With this win, Pittsburgh has a 73-50 record. They have been 6-4
lately. Washington has a record of 59-60 after the loss.
SCORESHEET: 1953 Washington Nationals at 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates
G.Bell-A1 A1:F/7 B1:K C1:HR>b# D1:K
A.Pafko-A1 A2:Tr B2:G/63 C2:F/7 *8*:G/13
R.Campan-A1 A3:F/8 *4*:W>b1 *6*:K D3:Si
R.Boone-A1 A4:G/53 B4:F/9 C4:W>b1 D4:F/9
H.Kuenn-A1 *2*:K B5:Force/ C5:Si>13 D5:L/5
64>1o b1
F.Baumho-A1 A6:G/43 B6:W>12 b C6:W>12 b *9*:W>b1
1 1
B.Martin-A1 A7:Si B7:G/63 C7:G-DP/3 D7:G-DP/4
23>3o 63>1o
R.Siever-A1 A8:Force/ *5*:G/53 *7*:G/53 D8:K
64>1o b1
B.Porter-A1 *3*:F/7 B9:FO/2 C9:K
M.Irvin-A1 A1:G/43 *3*:G/53 C1:G/63 *8*:G/63
A.Dark-A1 A2:Do B2:G/43 C2:F/9 D2:E/6
M.Vernon-A1 A3:G/53 B3:G/43 *6*:F/8 D3:Tr>1#
B.Thomso-A1 A4:F/7 *4*:G/53 C4:K D4:SF/8>3
#
D.Ennis-A1 *2*:F/7 B5:Si C5:G/63 D5:G/53
R.Jackso-A1 A6:HR>b# B6:Si>12 *7*:F/9
R.Schoen-A1 A7:G/31 B7:W>23 1 C7:Si
2 b1
R.Murray-A1 A8:E/4 B8:L-DP/5 C8:K
>3o
E.Wynn-A1 A9:F/7 *5*:G/63 C9:F/9
E.Kinder-D6